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pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
10. Perhaps and probably likely...
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 08:41 PM
Sep 2014

Still, McCain is now expecting the "good rebels" to give up their fight against Assad (whom McCain wanted to bring down a year ago) and join us in fighting the "bad rebels" AKA ISIS/ISIL.

Takes me back to the days when the Mujahideen/Al-Qaeda were the good guys because they were fighting the "bad guys" AKA the USSR.

Or when Saddam Hussein because he was fighting Iran and now we're preparing to take Iran's side in this fight against the Sunnis.

I'm fifty-five years old and I'm just tired of this fucking merry-go-round.

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